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DISH Network Joins Firms Providing "Family-Friendly" Channel Tiers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 1, 2006 - 8:07am.
Englewood, Colo. - Following the lead of rival DirecTV and cable companies Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cox, EchoStar Communications, operator of the DISH Network satellite TV service, on Wednesday announced a new "family-friendly" programming tier. The "DishFAMILY" service will offer 40 channels -- including Animal Planet, Nickelodeon, Food Network, CNN, Fox News and Trinity Broadcasting Network -- for $19.95 per month. The family-friendly service offerings come after some in Congress have pressed cable and satellite companies to offer a la carte programming, in part so that parents and others may choose not to subscribe to channels they feel offer inappropriate programming.
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